This substantial earthwork consists of a roughly square enclosure measuring 100 metres north to south and 117 metres east to west, its boundaries marked by a formidable earth and stone bank that still stands up to 1.9 metres high on its exterior face. The defensive nature of the site is reinforced by an outer fosse, or ditch, running 4.4 metres wide around the perimeter, with traces of a counterscarp bank beyond that may have served as an additional field boundary respecting the site’s northeastern and southeastern corners.

The construction techniques employed here reveal considerable medieval engineering skill; evidence of external stone facing can be spotted at the western corner and along the northwestern side, whilst internal facing becomes visible where erosion has exposed the bank’s core structure. Time and agriculture have left their marks on the monument, with quarrying activity having cut into the interior near the eastern angle on the northeastern side, and another quarried area visible along the southeastern edge. An intriguing internal wall runs diagonally from the eastern corner along the southeastern side, eventually extending into the fosse near the southwestern angle, suggesting possible internal divisions or later modifications to the original plan.

Today, this well-preserved site continues its pastoral existence, the interior serving as grazing land much as the surrounding fields have done for centuries. Aerial photography captured in 1989 provides a panoramic view that reveals the full extent and impressive preservation of this medieval fortification, offering modern visitors a chance to appreciate how these defensive structures once dominated the Tipperary landscape during Ireland’s turbulent medieval period.